Offnuts - Interesting technique and similar to what I was thinking, although your method of creating the initial shadow sounds much better. I was going to use the script multi-replicate for the offset layers as this has the added advantage of being able to grow each layer, so the shadow could expand as it fades. I don't think the script handles the opacity of each layer so this would have to be done by hand.

Hey that worked out pretty well.

Looks really cool!

wow, yet another thing that looked impossible but turned out quite possible! impressive job, everyone!

I love posts like this!

For small (< 500x500, or larger in the latest gimp) chunks of text just use brush dynamics with a gradient blend. Here is a graphic tutorial:


Note that this does not work with narrow text because the brush spacing can't go lower than 1 (gimp 2.6) and the dynamics are different with 2.8+

I can try it on my other machine layer to see the difference... It could also be scripted quite easily.

-Rob A>

Genius, RobA !



i did it by setting the dynamic to Color from gradient and stroking a path

The effects using colour from gradient and the stroke (just make sure the fade length matches the path or the reference circle) can be enhanced by a bit of a curve adjustment to make it pop a bit more:


For reference, here is the dynamic settings I used for that 100px long stroke:


And as another tip, after baking the white to black gradient stroke, just use Layer->Transparency->Colour to Alpha to turn the white transparent (rather than setting the layer mode to multiply), lock the layer's alpha channel, then fill the layer with any colour you want to get a coloured fade:


-Rob A>

mmmmm. 2.8+ brush dynamics give even more options.... Here is a custom dynamic I threw together with the size, angle and colour all tied to the fade, and stroking along a curved path:



-Rob A>